Waging a property tax appeal hardly a sure bet

The Oregonian - Sun Nov 08

I got my tax bill two weeks ago and, perhaps like you, felt more deflated than this economy.

Overnight fire damages Milwaukie home

Oregonlive.com - Fri Nov 06

Clackamas County Fire crews responded to a house fire overnight in Milwaukie. A passerby noticed smoke and flames coming from the back of the home in the 5000-block of Southeast Aldercrest Road in Milwaukie shortly before midnight and called 9-1-1. Noticing a car in the driveway, the Good Samaritan tried to wake the homeowners but could not get ...

Transition Projects opens new warming shelter for couples

The Oregonian - Thu Nov 05

A homeless man and a homeless woman fall in love, and together, they can keep a little bit of the chill at bay.

Ore. judge says furrier protected from elder abuse

KGW-TV Portland - Thu Nov 05

A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities.

Judge to anti-fur protesters: back off elderly store owner

KATU-TV Portland - Thu Nov 05

A judge has ordered animal rights activists to keep their distance from a 75-year-old furrier because state law protects the businessman from elder abuse by shouting profanities.

Armed customer robs Canby pharmacy for Oxycontin

KGW-TV Portland - Thu Nov 05

Five pharmacy employees in Canby were held up at gunpoint on Wednesday as a masked customer demanded Oxycontin pills, according to detectives.

Elder-abuse law invoked to block fur protesters

Oregonlive.com - Wed Nov 04

Oregon's free-speech protections allow animal-rights activists to hurl accusations at Portland's last furrier, but the state's elder-abuse laws forbid intimidating him through obscenity, a Clackamas County judge ruled Wednesday.

Hunt, Hanna to debate state tax measures

Portlandtribune.com - Wed Nov 04

Speaker of the House Dave Hunt, D-Gladstone, and House Republican Leader Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, will discuss Ballot Measures 66 and 67 during a Nov.

Tigard park bond fails, but Washington County voters approve other measures

Oregonlive.com - Wed Nov 04

Mayor Craig Dirksen, on the heels of a failed attempt to raise $20 million for new parks, said Wednesday that Tigard may return to citizens in 2010 for a second opinion.

ODOT worker rescued after truck plunges in river

KTVL News10 - Tue Nov 03

An ODOT employee suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning after the pickup he was driving traveled off Highway 224 in Carver and came to a rest partially submerged in the Clackamas River.